Review: The Coming

The Coming by Joe Haldeman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The story is nothing much new, but the characters are rich and compelling, and the style it is written in is unusual and interesting. Throughout the book, out PoV character changes almost at random, and always to someone physically present with the previous one. So our view through the story is one continuous winding thread physically, but weaves in and out of a wide weft of personalities. Reminded me a bit of Steinbeck, actually, in that the plot wasn't really the point so much as the glimpse into the different characters.

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